# Perverted cannibalistic hermaphrodites haunt the Pacific Northwest! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554 "2009-06-03T07:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/1 "2009-06-03T07:08:09Z")
[Found this](http://theoystersgarter.com/2008/03/24/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/) while Googling “Penis Ensues” for no particular reason other than boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/2 "2009-06-03T14:02:45Z")
Thank you? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/3 "2009-06-03T14:46:47Z")
The word _perverted_ in that headline seems kinda redundant. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/4 "2009-06-03T14:52:48Z")
I knew even before I opened the link that it would be about banana slugs. Ahhh, my school mascot from grad school. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/5 "2009-06-03T15:09:46Z")
Band name! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/6 "2009-06-03T16:02:28Z")
There. Are. Pictures. And. Links. To. Videos. _twitch_ ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/7 "2009-06-03T17:55:26Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > And. Links. To. Videos. > > _twitch_ I have spent enough time online to know that there are some things I would rather remain ignorant about. The content of these video links are now on the ever-expanding list ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/8 "2009-06-03T18:02:56Z")
Banana slugs are mascots? That’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![donnah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@donnah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnah)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/9 "2009-06-03T22:14:34Z")
oyyy vayyyy!! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/10 "2009-06-03T22:58:37Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Banana slugs are mascots? > That’s just wrong. [Indeed.](http://www.wendell.me/wp-content/uploads/bluegoldblack400.jpg) [And here.](http://lamp.dailypennsylvanian.com/thespin/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/ucsc_mascot.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/11 "2009-06-04T12:42:04Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Banana slugs are mascots? > That’s just wrong. They’re a perfect mascot, as I was told at grad student orientation. They’re not sacred to any known group of people, and they’re hermaphrodites, so they can’t be sexist. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/12 "2009-06-04T13:22:04Z")
And it’s REALLY hard to take them too seriously… ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/13 "2009-06-04T15:58:40Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > They’re a perfect mascot, as I was told at grad student orientation. They’re not sacred to any known group of people, and they’re hermaphrodites, so they can’t be sexist. I wonder what traditions at Texas A&M would be like if they had the banana slug as a mascot. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/14 "2009-06-04T16:10:05Z")
> [@dragonlady](#): > > And it’s REALLY hard to take them too seriously… Yes, we don’t at UC Santa Cruz. I have a T-shirt, purchased at the student store there, that says “The Fighting Banana Slugs”. The accompanying graphic shows a cartoon banana slug with glasses sitting in the Great Meadow on campus, reading a book. As someone who’s not into sports, including college sports, I found that attitude rather refreshing. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/15 "2009-06-04T22:32:15Z")
I’m also a Banana Slug (wearing my UCSC sweatshirt at the moment, even) and I always find it funny when people tell me that it’s hard to take it seriously as a mascot. This is, obviously, the point. No one in Santa Cruz gives a shit about college athletics and it would be a lot sillier if we had some kind of fierce mascot. Now I am in grad school and, as punishment for my sins, I am a Wolverine. It’s a tiny bit of a change. ~ Oakes, class of 2000, FTR. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/16 "2009-06-04T23:23:12Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I’m also a Banana Slug (wearing my UCSC sweatshirt at the moment, even) and I always find it funny when people tell me that it’s hard to take it seriously as a mascot. This is, obviously, the point. No one in Santa Cruz gives a shit about college athletics and it would be a lot sillier if we had some kind of fierce mascot. I wonder if the UCSC Banana Slugs have ever played [the Evergreen State College Geoducks](http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/17 "2009-06-05T00:04:49Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > I wonder if the UCSC Banana Slugs have ever played [the Evergreen State College Geoducks](http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm)? Probably not, as playing a school that far away would require actually succeeding at something. We have, however, probably played the UC Irvine Anteaters in something. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perverted-cannibalistic-hermaphrodites-haunt-the-pacific-northwest/498554/18 "2009-06-05T07:25:31Z")
Well color me disappointed! This stupid article is about slugs. ☹